Executions and Stays 2025

(Last updated January 82025)

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13 execution dates have been scheduled by 2 states for 2025.
0 executions have been carried out.
1 death warrants are inactive.*
12 death warrants are active.^

Definitions of Death Warrant Outcomes

The fol­low­ing table lists the def­i­n­i­tions for the out­comes of death war­rants which are dis­played on the Outcomes of Death Warrants in 2025 tableau. Each out­come describes the cur­rent sta­tus of the defendant’s death war­rant. The main cat­e­gories for the out­comes of death war­rants are Active, Inactive, and Executed. On the 2025 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Date of Scheduled Execution table, the main cat­e­gories, Active, Inactive, and Executed are dis­played in the Outcome col­umn; rel­e­vant details of the pro­ce­dur­al his­to­ry are not­ed in the Events column.

OutcomeDefinition
Active The death war­rant for the defen­dant has been issued and an exe­cu­tion date has been set. 
InactiveThe defen­dant will not be exe­cut­ed on the sched­uled execution date. 
ExecutedThe defen­dant was exe­cut­ed by the state or juris­dic­tion in which they were serv­ing a death sentence. 

2025 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Date of Scheduled Execution

Date of Scheduled ExecutionStatePrisonerOutcomeEvents
January 222025OHSean CarterRescheduledRESCHEDULED (the new date of exe­cu­tion is November 172027)
January 312025SCMarion BowmanActive
February 52025TXSteven NelsonActive
February 62025ALDemetrius FrazierActive
February 132025TXRichard TablerActive
March 132025TXDavid L. WoodActive
March 202025OKWendell GrissomActive
April 232025TXMoises Sandoval MendozaActive
June 182025OHPercy Hutton Active
July 302025OHSamuel MorelandActive
September 242025OHDouglas ColeyActive
October 302025OHTimothy ColemanActive
December 102025OHKareem M. JacksonActive

2025 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Month

MonthScheduled ExecutionsExecutionsInactive Death WarrantsActive Death Warrants
January2011
February2003
March1002
April1001
May0000
June1001
July1001
August0000
September1001
October1001
November0000
December1001
Total130112

2025 Death Warrant Outcomes by Jurisdiction

StateScheduled ExecutionsExecutionsInactive Death WarrantsActive Death Warrants
Alabama1001
Ohio6015
Oklahoma1001
South Carolina1001
Texas4004
Total130112